Dagger with Sheath

Iranian

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Brilliant colors and lush floral patterns are typical of Qajar painted enamels. While here opaque pink, blue, and white predominate, the background color is a deep translucent green applied to a shimmering gold ground. The artist has signed his work on the back of the scabbard, Mahmud.

Dagger with Sheath, Steel, copper alloy, enamel, gold, glass, Iranian

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Dagger with Sheath, Steel, copper alloy, enamel, gold, glass, Iranian
Dagger with Sheath, Steel, copper alloy, enamel, gold, glass, Iranian
Dagger with Sheath, Steel, copper alloy, enamel, gold, glass, Iranian
Dagger with Sheath, Steel, copper alloy, enamel, gold, glass, Iranian
Dagger with Sheath, Steel, copper alloy, enamel, gold, glass, Iranian
Dagger with Sheath, Steel, copper alloy, enamel, gold, glass, Iranian

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